50 most interesting exhibits of the "Museum of Curiosities" (51 photos)

It's not every day you see a Victorian-era mug protecting a mustache from getting wet, or a velvet hat with teeth from 1800s dental patients. And in the virtual “Museum of Curiosities,” curated by the musical group Monsieur Pompier's Traveling Freakshow, there are many such wonders! We have prepared a small selection and are sure that in it you will find something that will pique your interest.





1. Fly with me to the moon



2. Lauren Bacall in surreal photography, 1940s



3. Large insect



4. Revived fly agaric



5. Amusement park in New Orleans, USA, 1962



6. A woman undergoes an attitude adjustment program, 1930s



7. Phone people



8. This is Bertha Boronda. In 1908, Bertha was sentenced to 5 years in prison for depriving her husband of his dignity.



Bertha cut off her husband's penis with a razor and fled the crime scene on a bicycle.

9. Eye Clinic in Taiwan, 192



10. Goodbye, family!



11. Disservice



12. Anne Lockley drinks hawk and lobster tea



Anne and her family were the only inhabitants of the island of Skokholm in the UK. This photo was taken for the article "We Live on an Island Alone and We Like It," published in 1938 in National Geographic magazine.

13. Victorian radiator with bread warmer



14. Brothel candles from the late 1800s. When the candle burned out, the session ended



15. “Bat” mask from a German fashion magazine, 1951



The accessory was created by French make-up artist Fernand Aubry.

16. Dali walks his anteater



17. Horse costume from Jean Cocteau’s film “The Testament of Orpheus”, designed by Jeanine Janet, 1960



18. Putting a live bird in a pie was a form of entertainment in the 16th century.



An Italian recipe book from 1549 describes how to make a pie so that the birds survive and fly out when it is cut.

19. Consequences of a fire at Madame Tussauds Wax Museum in London, 1930



20. Cover of the book "Laughing Land" by Jonathan Carroll, 1983



21. Family portrait was taken in 1886



22. A copy of "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" covered with fungus



23. House of Nonsense



24. Myrtle Corbin, known as the "Four Legged Girl from Texas"



The girl was born with a double pelvis and four legs.

25. Sculpture in the Parisian catacombs



26. Museum of stones resembling human faces in Japan



27. Obstetric phantom, 18th century



The wood and leather model was used to teach medical students.

28. Beauty treatments in Elena Rubinstein's salon, 1940s



29. Armor of 19-year-old cuirassier Antoine Fravot, struck by a cannonball at the Battle of Waterloo



30. Decommissioned wax heads at Madame Tussauds



31.Cache for poisons, 17th century



32. Cat piano



33. Victorian crystal poison bottle, 1890



34. Rare set of Italian knives from the 16th century with musical compositions



35. It was the oldest house in Hamburg. It was built in 1504 and demolished in 1910



36. Ring with a blinking eye, 1962



37. Children's face soap "Smile and Cry", 1930-39.



38. Rattle, 1930s



39. Corner piano



40. Saddle for dad



41. Tutankhamun wore socks with sandals



42. Prosthetic eyes, France, 1900s



43. Chopins - platform shoes worn by European women in the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries



44. Victorian mourning ring with glass eye of the deceased, 1890



45. Flight to Mars



46. "The Old Man of Raahe" - the oldest surviving diving suit in the world, dating back to the early 1700s



47. "Alice in Wonderland", 1887



48. Luna Park, Melbourne



49. Rubber “beauty masks” to get rid of wrinkles and skin imperfections, 1921



50. Inventor of the lava lamp with his wife, 1963